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644 pages 23 cm

Includes index

Memoir of George Washington Parke Custis -- Original Correspondence Between Washington and Custis -- Recollections of Washington: Editor's Preface -- Author's Preface -- The Mother of Washington -- Washington at Mount Vernon -- Battle of Princeton and Death of General Mercer -- Battle of Germantown -- The Battle of Monmouth -- The Surrender at Yorktown -- Washington's Life-Guard -- The Hunting-Shirt -- Washington's Headquarters -- Mysteries of the Revolution -- The Indian Prophecy -- Daniel Morgan -- Robert Morris -- Thomas Nelson -- Alexander Hamilton -- Henry Lee -- Birth-Night Balls and the Theatre -- Life at Mount Vernon -- Washington as Sportsman -- The First Year of the Presidency -- Washington's Home and Household -- The Retired President -- Outline Life-Pictures -- Last Hours of Washington -- Personal Appearance of Washington -- Martha Washington -- Portraits of Washington -- Appendices: Original Correspondence Between General Washington and John Parke Custis -- Oration at the Funeral Solemnities to General James M. Lingan / by G. W. P. Custis -- Address at the Celebration of the Russian Victories over Napoleon / by G. W. P. Custis -- Presentation of a Ring to General Lafayette, by G. W. P. Custis, at the Tomb of Washington -- Directions for the Management of his Farms / by General Washington -- Oration on the Death of Washington, Delivered before Congress / by General Henry Lee -- Original Portraits of Washington

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